A whole year has passed.
A whole year without Eleven.
And everyone seemed to have forgotten her.
Everyone except for Michael Wheeler and...
Jessica Hernandez.
Jessica has matured within the year.
Still battling the return of her depression, she lear...
El was hugging Lucas and Dustin, her arms around the two.
"We missed you," Lucas says.
"I missed you too." She says.
And it's true, she did.
She missed Dustin's energetic personality that always seemed to make everyone who's in a bad mood smile, and she missed Lucas' passion for protecting his friends.
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"We talked about you pretty much everyday," Dustin says, as they break apart the hug.
She glanced at Dustin, about to say something when she noticed something in his smile.
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Are those-?
She reached for his mouth, touching it.
"Teeth."
"What?"
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"You have teeth." She states, noticing the big difference from the last time she saw them.
Last year, he didn't have any in his upper row.
Now, he does.
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